''Cheiridea'' is a genus of
leaf beetles in the subfamily
Eumolpinae. It contains only one species, ''Cheiridea chapuisi'', found in
Sierra Leone.
It was first described by
Joseph Sugar Baly
Joseph Sugar Baly (1816 – 25 March 1890) was an English doctor and entomologist.
Born in Warwick where he would also die, Baly was a specialist in Coleoptera: Phytophaga
Phytophaga is a clade of beetles within the infraorder Cucujiformia ...
in 1878.
"''Chiridea''" is an alternative spelling of the genus name sometimes used; it is a Latinized version of the name "Cheiridea" created by Kuntzen in 1912, who considered the original name to be not Latinized.
References
Eumolpinae
Monotypic Chrysomelidae genera
Insects of West Africa
Taxa named by Joseph Sugar Baly
Endemic fauna of Sierra Leone
Arthropods of Sierra Leone
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